Lambaréné
Province
Lambaréné is the capital of the province of Moyen- Ogooué in Gabon. The name comes from the language of the Galoa, an ethnic group of Gabon, meaning " Let us try it." The 2009, about 26 257 inhabitants, is located a few kilometers south of the equator in the middle of the central African rain forest on the river Ogooué. The Ogooué splits into Lambaréné in two branches, whereby the city is divided into three areas: Rive Gauche ( "left bank " ), Ile Lambaréné and Rive Droite (Right Bank ). The average temperature is 27 ° C. The rainy season is interrupted by a dry season from July to September.
The late Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer founded in 1913 in what was then French Equatorial Africa his famous jungle hospital, which is located on the Rive Droite. Today, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital houses the departments of internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics (child and adolescent medicine ), a maternity clinic, a dental clinic and since 1981 a research laboratory that focuses primarily on the study of malaria and its treatment.
More neighborhoods on Rive Droite are Adouma and Abongo. The districts Atongowanga, Sahoty, Dakar, Grand Village, Chateau, Lalala and Bordamur are on Lambarénéinsel. On the Rive Gauche Cartier Isaac is located. There is also the airport, which ( in the north) and Fougamou or Mouila (in the south ) and the water connection to Port-Gentil is used little more ( in the west) because of the good road connection with Libreville.
Today live in Lambaréné various Bantu groups (Fang, Bapounou, Eshira, Myene, ...) that have displaced in the east and north of Gabon, the original resident Pygmies.
Lambaréné is in addition to the political and the economic center of the province of Moyen- Ogooué. The main economic activity is fishing. A new port is under construction.